Land-roller



(No Model) v H. E. SCOTT. LAND ROLLER.

No. 283,288. PatntedAug. 14, 1883.

WITNESSES y O m 'ATTORNEY tised upon its upper face and adapted to rethese rollers are connected to this cross-bar as shown,may be directly connected thereof the roller complete.

s U ITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

HENRY E. scoTT, or OSSIAN, IOWA.

LAND-ROLLER.

SPEGIFiC'ATION forming part of -Letters Patent No. 283,288Jdated August 14, 1883. i Application filed April 16, 1883. No model.)

To all whom it nuty concern Be it known that I, HENRY E. Soon, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ossian, in the county of Winneshiek and State of Iowa, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Land-Rollers, of which the following. is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention has relation to improvements in land-rollers; and it consists in the constructionand novel arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth andclaimed.

In the accompanying drawings, to which ref erence is made-similar letters indicating corresponding partsFigure 1 is a representation of aside elevation of my device, taken in section through Fig. 2 ,and Fig. 2 is aplan view Referring to the drawings by letter, A desig nates the. cross-beam, which is centrally morceive the pole or tongue B, which is secured thereto by means of bolts and nuts or other suitable fastening. devices. To each end of this cross-barare secured, by swivel connections-u, rollers O and D. The means by which consists of short transverse bars I), tothe mid dle of which the opposite ends of the swivels a are directly connected, and 'rearwardlyrbent arms m, .provided with perforations, which are journaled inthe roller-bearings 0. These arms m are provided at their forward ends with a perforation to register with those at the ends of the transverse beams b, to receive bolts or other fastening devices, whereby the same may be securely connected together and discon nected for the purpose of removing and replacing the rollers. The tongue is provided at its rear end with one or more perforations or othersuitable means, whereby the frame E, which is secured to the rear roller, substantially tirely of spring metal, thus rendering its application to the roller very easy and simple. This tongue is provided with a transverse mortise orgroove, d, in whichthe corresponding groove, e, of the seat-block F is designed to be secured. This seat-block is providedtransversely with diagonalperforations a a, through which, from the rear of the machine, the seatbeams are inserted. Upon the forward or upper end of the beams G is a suitably-mounted seat, H.

The main object of this invention is to pro;' q vide, in a land-roller in which the seat rests it upon the tongue, a cheap and. simple means whereby the said seat may be easily adjusted back. and forth and held securely in any desired position. jectis accomplished, and the weight upon the By the means shown this ob-' horses will always remain the same, no matter how heavy the weight of the driver may be. The friction caused by the weight of driver upon the seat-rods in the block F will be sufficient to hold the seat in any desired position during operation.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim asnew, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, iss Ina landrollcr, the tongue B and the transverse bearing-block F, secured to the tongue and extending to each side of the same, and provided with oblique parallel perforations extending through the projecting portions, in combination with the bars G and the seat, whereby the seat may be adjusted and held by frictional contact without fastening, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature \Vitnesses M. J. CARTER,

J. C. MURPHEY. 

